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Oman's five percent tax on the top one percent breaks with tradition and signals a shift away from hydrocarbon‑funded welfare.
Yasmina Abouzzohour
GCC and Asian economies are moving to de-risk from American dominance.
Nasser Saidi
In this Council Views, experts from the ME Council reflect on the past 100 days of the new Trump administration's disruptive foreign policy, unpacking what recent changes mean for MENA and how states are responding—from USAID and State Department cuts, to the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks, to Gulf states’ posturing ahead of the president’s expected visit
Hamidreza Azizi, Mouin Rabbani, Rory Miller, Frédéric Schneider, Haid Haid, Paul Dyer, Dalia Ghanem, Özge Genç, Rashid Al-Mohanadi, Adel Abdel Ghafar, Yahia H. Zoubir, Faozi Al-Goidi, Nader S. Kabbani, Mahjoob Zweiri
Trump's return to office has marked a swift and dramatic change to America's transatlantic security relationship. The GCC should be watching closely and acting accordingly.
Rashid Al-Mohanadi
The new administration in Washington has produced a lot of turbulence out of the gate. GCC states would be wise to proactively prepare themselves for the crises to come by creating more distance with the U.S. economy.
Frédéric Schneider
Japan and the GCC must move beyond their current, largely transactional engagement to capitalize on the opportunities of the emerging global order.